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Prince Harry to follow in mother's footsteps in fight against HIV

Prince Harry is to follow in the footsteps of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales and make the fight against HIV a major part of his public work.

Harry is to will carry out other high profile events including meeting doctors and nurses caring for HIV-positive patients in south London, visit an innovative sexual health service, and speak at an international Aids conference in South Africa next month.

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Diana was the first member of the royal family to have contact with a person suffering from HIV/Aids when, in the late 1980s, she sat on the sickbed of a man with Aids and held his hand.

Both publicly and privately she supported the work of those helping patients, with late-night trips to east London's Mildmay HIV hospice, and serving as patron of the NAT (National Aids Trust).

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Travel: Signal failure at Aldgate East

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There is no service between Moorgate and Barking on the Hammersmith and City line because of a signal failure at Aldgate East. The problem is also causing severe delays on the Circle and District lines.

Buckingham Palace Road in Victoria is closed with traffic queuing southbound at the Bressenden Place junction because of an accident.

Repairs on the A3 southbound in Kingston Vale at the Robin Hood roundabout has closed one lane leading to congestion in the area.

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Henry Hicks family welcome inquest ruling

Henry Hicks's family said they welcomed the ruling after an inquest jury found the 18-year-old had died in a crash while he was trying to get away from police.

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In a statement, his father David, mother Dione, and sister Claudia said: "Henry was 18 when he died and, as the police themselves said in the course of this inquest, he was a nice boy, polite, well brought up and from a good family.

"We are completely heartbroken and miss him every day. We will always miss him. Today confirms what we always believed had happened on that night."

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Killed teenager was trying to get away from police, inquest finds

An 18-year-old who died in a moped crash was trying to get away from police who were pursuing him in unmarked cars, a jury has ruled.

Members of Henry Hicks's family burst into tears as a St Pancras Coroner's Court jury delivered a unanimous narrative verdict.

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Henry Hicks died after he collided with another vehicle on Wheelwright Street in Islington

Mr Hicks died from a blunt force trauma to the head when his moped collided with civilian vehicles on 19 December 2014.

The jury ruled that the teenager "was aware that plain clothes officers were in unmarked vehicles driving at whatever distance behind him" and it was "a police pursuit as defined by the Metropolitan Police Service standard operating procedure."

The PC driving one of the vehicles had told the inquest he had not been "in pursuit" of the rider".

Sadiq Khan on post-Brexit London and the Labour leadership

Sadiq Khan told business leaders he would be pushing hard on their behalf for access to the single market. "To have access to a single market we have got to renegotiate as best we can and that is one of the reasons why it is crucial for London to have a seat at the table because we are the beating heart of the country and London needs to do well.

"When London succeeds, the rest of the country succeeds, too. And when we fail, the entire nation fails."

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Khan said - speaking as a lawyer - that when you lost a case, there was a right to appeal, but not so here.There should be no second referendum - the verdict had been given.He appealed for support from the chief executives of top companies based in the capital in his quest for more financial powers and autonomy.He wants the London government to retain income from stamp duty and business rates in the capital and says he backs calls for a revaluation of council tax. He is also calling for more control of suburban rail routes and the scope to borrow more for infrastructure.

Khan wouldn't say whether he had confidence in Jeremy Corbyn's leadership - but appears to accept the likelihood of a leadership contest."He was voted the leader last year. He's got a mandate. He's doing his job. I am doing my job as the mayor of London."I've got confidence that he understands the challenges we face as a party. I think he recognises that these are difficult times for our party but more importantly for our country and its for MPs in parliament and for others to get involved in the vote today in parliament, the vote of confidence, it's for others to get involved in the leadership contest. I am focused 100 percent focused on being mayor of London."

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Weather: A wet end to the day, but becoming drier overnight

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Cloud will continue to build through the afternoon, with outbreaks of rain arriving into western parts such as Twickenham by the early evening, turning heavy at times as it continues to spread eastwards.

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Could east London's 'silicon roundabout' be heading for Berlin?

Joe Miller

Business reporter

Over the weekend, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel was hurriedly convening a meeting of European leaders to assess the aftermath of Britain's choice to leave the EU, Cordelia Yzer was on the phone.

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MPs to meet to discuss improving air quality in London

London MPs and air quality experts are to meet later to discuss improving air quality in the capital after research was released by the King's College London which showed that air pollution contributes to 9,500 premature deaths a year.